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i think the mind games has started yielding some results.
following the onslaught on nani, the boy too has started playin into the trap mourinho has cleverly set. now he's bothering himself and running all over the news sayin he would prove chelsea wrong.

http://www.goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=332027
http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/6937528     

Nani is counting the days to the Community Shield to respond to Chelsea's jibe that Manchester United paid over-the-odds for his signature.

That was the accusation levelled at United by their rivals' chief scout Piet de Visser after the Dutchman watched Nani at the European Under 21 Championship in Holland.
As a result, Nani is now doubly keen to showcase his talent when the two sides meet in the season's opener at Wembley on August 5.

"I am already thinking about that game," Nani is quoted in The Daily Mail. "That is where I will make my mark.

"I want to show Chelsea that buying me has been a great move by Manchester United."

Nani has been compared to new team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo after coming through the youth ranks at Sporting, and will be joined at Old Trafford next season by fellow new signings Owen Hargreaves and Anderson.                                                                                         

an advice for u, Nani, don't ever try to impress anyone, esp maureen. . it would just make u tear your heart out. .

Welcome to the Premiership. .

@somze

dont u think i noticed??

and the thread ur refering to is a CHELSEA thread, as u rightly said

not that i was surprised, i was annoyed he had to go fo Nani. . .a portuguese, Just cos he signed for united, he is now an enemy.
Remember how took on Ronaldo too. saying he came from a poor and non-fpptballing town in portugal just to unsettle the boy. Am just amazed at wat lenghts he would go to unsettle someone, just for his benefit. .

Now he is playin the media too into a game. If chelsea doesn't sign anybody else, they end up not spending alot. and if that happens, he has a right not to win anything!!!! FREAK

That guy is a duck

Mind Games?, leave it to Mourinho. He's the best at it. In fact, he deserves a medal in that regard.
The season has not started but it has started getting hot.

Following United's signings of 3 new players, Mourinho has commented and has usual, has nothing good to say, except playing games with people's minds. .

The most annoyin was the onslaught on Nani. Mourinho and Chelsea's scout has taunted the young lad and questioned his worth. .

[b]However, Chelsea scout Piet de Visser and Manager, Jose Mourinho is adamant, insisting that the Red Devils paid well over the odds for the winger.

"Of course we knew about Nani for a long time," he told Tien TV.

"He is a talent, but if you look at the European Championship in Portugal, and the current tournament in the Netherlands, Nani has not shown any progress.

"Therefore I think Manchester United have paid too much money for a player who has talent, but has not developed since last year."

While there is no doubting the player's potential, or the fact that Chelsea's criticism of Manchester United should be taken with a pinch of salt, there might be something to this claim.

To put it into perspective, we offer a comparison.

Cristiano Ronaldo - a far more promising player - was signed four years ago, then at a similar age, for around 18 million euros (12 million pounds). The decision to dish out 25 for Nani means that the United bosses must be fairly confident he can outdo the PFA Player of the Year.[/b]

Now, what Chelsea has succeded in doing is that, they have managed to heap pressure on Nani, meaning that any move, any dribble, any pass, any average display he does would be overly scrutinized. And if the player is not strong mentally, it might affect his play.

Mourinho didn't stop there, he has also taunted united saying cos they''ve spent 50million pounds on players so far, the onus is now on us to win the league and every competition we play in.

Of course, he knows wat pressure does to a team, so he is cleverly tryin to heap everythin on united or any other team around so Chelsea can cruise the league unnoticed. . !!! weirdo!!!!

And Mourinho admitted he hoped the weight of expectation piled on Chelsea in the past because of their spending will be transferred to their main competitors for the title.

He said: "Maybe at the beginning of next season they will say that Chelsea are not the favourites anymore because the club did not spend so much money.

Mourinho added: "People ask Chelsea, 'Last season you won two trophies, why did you not win four?' But not many journalists ask Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, 'Why zero?' And not many people ask Manchester United, 'Why only the Premiership?'

"Is it about money? If it is, I hope that next season the media put pressure on the big spenders because the big spenders, for sure, will not be Chelsea."

Quite an interesting guy, but the mind games would only work on those who allow it. . . .

But one thing is sure though, next season's race for the Premier League title would be very interesting and of course, "wicked"


PROUDLY UNITED

He just had a surgery and he is currently in france recovering. Chances are that he'll be fit before the start of the season.
But left to me,the guy should be sold. Since he came to united,it has been from one injury to another. He's too injury prone.

He just had a surgery and he is currently in france recovering. Chances are that he'll be fit before the start of the season.
But left to me,the guy should be sold. Since he came to united,it has been from one injury to another. He's too injury prone.

loyika,
the only power the club has is to tell you they dont need your services anymore. They cant sell you to a club you do not want or involve you in a swap witout your consent. . . So where eto'o goes(if he leaves barca) is entirely up to him.

In henry's case, he really wants to leave! So arsenal doesn't av a choice but to release him.

@manutd fans
there's a 70% probability that the gudjohnsen / pique swap mite go thru.
Its not really a bad idea cos we rarely use d defender. So to get an extra experienced striker should do us some good.
But it should not stand in d way of a younger striker coming to united.
Or wat do u guys think?

Henry, Henry, Henry,
generatin so much noise. It all shows how great a player he is.
@loyika,
You've not tot about d possibility of henry going witout eto'o coming. Arsenal,as i heard mite sell to barca for a little above 20 million pounds. . . witout eto'o in d deal.
Like you said, alot mite happen and alot mite not. .
But from d last i heard, eto'o has pledged his future to barca. .

there's also a possibility of seeing Gudjohnsen at old trafford next season if plans go well,.

united and barca are repoted to be planning a swap. gudjohnsen for pique . . , .without extra fees, .

if united lands a striker, it wont be bad to have an extra man to relieve others wen injuries set in.

http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=327883

@i-man
Fabio is jointly owned by Udinese and Sampdoria and they've supposedly agreed to let him go for 15million. united's original offer was around 11 million. its been reviewed and i think united might get him.

united wants to sign sampdoria's striker Fabio Quagliarella. the fee is reported to be about 11 million pounds.

wat do u guys think?

chelsea signs Ben Haim


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/6752693.stm

talk jersies?

Thanks man.
But i only have episodes 1-125. And am almost thru wit it. I av to continue immediately. Is there somewhere i can get it.? Thanks.

nb, Gaara is craaazy! Can anyone ever defeat him? Sasuke is still my guy anyday, even wit orochimaru's curse,

i agree with you on the david dein issue. really.

but see something. i think henry really wants to go but he's afraid cos fans who have showed him so much love would be disappointed. he doesnt want to go cos arsenal like u said has given him everything he has now. he doesnt want to go so u wont see him in the light fans saw ashley. . .because trust me, if he goes, many fans would hate him.

surely, he'll be offered more money wherever he decides to go. Barca, milan, and if thats the case, the money issue comes in. they might label him money chaser like they did cashley. forget the fact that ashley left with beef and everything.

to me, the only thing keepin henry at arsenal now is loyalty to wenger.

'c'mon, he publicly said he was flattered at milan's offer. so wats stoppin him? FEAR OF BETRAYING YOU GUYS. . .

how old is he now? he's not getting any younger so still getting offers from barca and milan is surely something to seriously consider.
and all his friends have left arsenal. . .pires, viera, campbell and others, . .

if he stays if he goes. . . . . . . . . . . .

wenger sure has soft spots, glad u know that. and its too obvious with henry. and believe me, he cant be ruthless to henry.
viera's departure should not be seen the same way as wats happening now. viera wanted to leave and he made it obvious. he said he wanted to go cos the grass is greener at juve. it was all in the news till he left so wenger jus had to let him go.

yeah, no player is bigger than the club but some are almost as big as the club. i tell u, if henry goes, no one can replace him. wenger should just get someone else to play another role, not henry's vacant role. so ur game play would change. no more henry like runs cos hes the best at it.

did u notice united's style changed when ruud left? we no longer had a point man. we no longer gave all the goal scoring load on a man. now everybody scores. neville was the only united player without a goal. (ok excpet our keepers).

wld like to say wat wenger wld make of the team witout henry, so we can see how well he can adapt

My my my! Oh my gawd! I just started watching naruto and i am seriously lovin it. The stuff is lovely. I was always wonderin wat d noise about naruto was until i saw it. Its maaad.
I started from d very first episode a week ago and wit d rate am going, i'll catch up wit current episodes in like 2 to 3 weeks.
Sasuke is my fav. guy. Very cool and focused.
I'm currently at d episode where d final chuunin exam is about to start.
Real tite anime
and that gaara guy is somethin else. Crazy dude

@all Naruto fans.
Heard d anime ended at episode 125 and d rest were fillers, The remaining did not follow d manga anymore.
Lemme know pls. Thanks.

Drogba wants to leave cos he feels his place is threatened cos of pizarro's arrival. He has now realised that his luck wit shevvy's arrival mite not work again this time, Smart chap, lol

@drogba
thats the spirit, man.

@loyika.
Nice analysis, thats why i like yarning wit you. But u've forgotten something. There is a very very big difference between Fergie and wenger. Fergie is not afraid of anybody. No matter how good and influential d player is,if he wants u out,you are out. See becks. So d ruud issue does not apply. Ruud was d most prolific striker in england and Fergie booted him out (and i remember clearly i came out here and said i was happy for him for d move to real,), He kicked becks out too.
But its pretty obvious wenger is stalling on henry's issue.
Remember last season he was giving wenger conditions that arsenal must sign new players before he can stay! i mean, wat is that? Givin conditions? This season too, he told wenger he needs assurance that arsenal's future is bright before he can stay, Thats the height.
Believe me, wenger knows how hard it wld be without henry thats why hes tryin his best to keep him.

Henry is not viera or pires or anybody else. So his absence wld be greatly felt.
Dont compare united's quick adjustments to Ruud's absence wit arsenals life witout henry cos we play very differently.
Now on all the games u played witout henry, wat were d results on d overall? He missed a big chunk of games this season and wat was the overall outlook? U guys ended d league worse than last season when he played well. And was it not him dat took arsenal to d brink of CL glory? And wat was d outcome this season witout him. ?.

Henry is more important to arsenal than Ruud or becks was to united and a replacemet would be near impossible. An alternative approach to your game wld work better.

Henry has tried for arsenal and its only fair for him to play abroad. At least to see life elsewhere,

this is the real gist. if henry leaves arsenal, it would take another 2 or 3 seasons for arsenal to recover. the whole arsenal strategy is wrapped around henry. every single thing is done with him in the middle. if anyone wants to disagree, bring it on, , .
even wenger knows this fact and he's afraid of life without the french man.

i pity henry cos he's in a corner. if he leaves, u guys would label him unpatriotic like u did ashley and viera. if he stays, he might not win any silverware till he hangs his boots.

my take, in henry's interests, HE SHOULD QUIT ARSENAL, NOW AND FAAASSTTTT!!!.

one bloody gooner wrote this. . .

He's Certainly No Captain
[b]As a Gooner I love Henry. He's an awesome talent who has given us so much over the years. However, this habit he has of sniping about things in the press is infuriating and unbecoming of the club captain.

So he wants the club to sign some experienced players and he's annoyed that Dein has been ousted. OK, Thierry we get the sodding message. You don't have to follow it up with these veiled threats to leave. "I'm an Arsenal player FOR NOW" and "It's nice to hear about Milan". Do give it a rest. So you're the great and mighty Thierry Henry and if things don't go the way you'd want them to at the club then you'll go play somewhere else.

Well I have a couple of points for you -

(1) Wenger will sign whoever the hell he wants and if he wants to continue to sign 15 year-olds that no-one has heard of he will.

(2) The Board can sack whoever the hell they choose especially if the person they choose to sack has been secretly trying to sell the club to some American bloke.

(3) You're not doing us a huge favour by deeming to play for us. We pay you £120,000 a week to do us that favour.

(4) Arsenal football club existed before Thierry Henry and will exist after Thierry Henry. If you're really that annoyed with the current situation then just go.

Pete, Sarf London Gooner [/b]


tryin to paint henry in a bad light if he eventually leaves arsenal.
any henry lover would want him to leave so he can have a new experience abroad.

the guy don try now, haba

That show is stupid! its just a lame excuse to gather dull girls together in a bush with a cameraman tailing them about.
I heard d concept of d show is to promote the "africaness" in the girls, ! Where in heavens is that coming from?
And wat is it wit that stupid retarded voice?
The organisers should jus send d girls home and restart the show when they've fully understood wat it takes to run a show,

pls does anyone know when the student's special would be coming up?

Big question. . .
How come west ham beat united and arsenal home and away and still had to battle to stay in the prem?

Anelka?? Of all the strikers in the world?
This better be mere speculation cos we dont need a player like him.
Watever happened to d likes of hunterlaar and luca toni,?

It is one thing to sign big names. It is another to know how to manage them. If Fergie is still the man i know, managing those egos wont be a problem to him. So dont fret,

PROUDLY UNITED